Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-17
MOLINE.

Deere & Co. intend to shut down
their works on Saturday. for the usual re.
pairs and invoice.
The blind girls concert was fairly pat
ronized last evening, and several dollars
netted for good purpose.
The Turner society will go on the
steamer Verne Swain to Lyons on Sunday
morning The Light Guard band are
also going, and big time is anticipated.
Nearly a dozen shells of all grades
were on Sylvan water Wednesday even
ing, praeticing for the great Fourth on
Sylvan island.
Ecklund. the jeweler, has moved his
family back to Davenport. 1t is proba
BILE he will follow them as soon as oppors
tunity offers.
There has not been in the memory of
the oldest inhabitant, so much prepara-
tons being made for a tremendous time on
the coming fourth as there is now Syl
van Island will be the shrine of many
pleasure seekers on that day.
Rev DR.. Hartzell is to lecture on
Monday evening. June Goth, in the NJ E.
church. on 'tWhat shall the new south
be2" We will hazard the opinion in ad-
vance that it will always be democratic
and opposed to carpet baggers,
Judge Adams let the boys Hudson and
Saunders off. suspending sentence This
may have good effect on the future con
duct of the boys. better perhaps than
sending them among older and more
hardened criminals, to come away from
them worse than before. Judge Adams
must have level head.
The funeral of Samuel Samuelson, 205
Fourth avenue, took place from his late
residence at 2 p. m. today. The de
| ceased was native of Sweden. aged 81
years, snd had been ailing for nearly &
year. Old age was his chief ailment
however. Prof. Sjohlm oficiated. anC
many friends accompanied the remains tC
Riverside cemetery.
Tickets for DIR. HsrtzelFs lecture en-.
| titled What shall the new south be?'
| and to be delivered at the First NJ. E
| church Monday evening, June goth. fol
the benefit of the Sunday school, can bt
bought at VIM. Clendenins drug store
DIR. Sales drug store, E. B. McKeever
hardware store, Franklin music store an(
A. k. DrurY's insurance and loan Office
at 1912 Fourth avenue. Tickets, /;
cents; children, 10 cents.
A perambulating vender of swee
sounds from sunny Italy, called on fam
lily in East Rock Island yesterday, anC
bantered the lady of the house to trade
spectscles or something, with him. The
trade was not tremendously fulfilled. anG
the lady telephoned to her husband wh'
works in the shop of Williams, White
company, to come home at once. and re
ported that a rape had been attempted
and that the organ grinder had stolen he
spectacles. The police were notified ant
the arrest made. The man was brough
face to face with the woman, and sh,
took back the accusation of rape. o.
searching the premises the spectscles
were also found. The man and his or
gan were allowed to 20 in pece.
| Not quite tragedy occurred yesterda,
IN the Office OF newspaper not thous
and miles from where the Kickapoos al
located. Near about the noon hour
dusky form encased in red blanket en-
tered the sanotum sanctorum of the edl
tor. and without asking permission com
menced to lather the gentleman, not witt
scented soap suds, but with a rawhide
There was not word spoken on eithe
side; the punishment was received AMI
given in the usual silent manner of tn
aborigines and natives of this country
After the noble red man had left tn
premises of the editor he was met by
friend, to whom he said; Il have laugh
the sal een not to insinuate again in hi
paper that the true and only native borl
citizen of this country is an Irishman, b
iabers. "